Grave warnings of a crisis in maternal deaths are being slightly eroded by articles suggesting that advocates overreached and that the “crisis” was primarily a ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. A new U.S. government paper documenting an increase in maternal ...

Black Illinoisians had the highest rate of maternal mortality at 78 deaths per 100,000 live births. The report found discrimination was present in 74% of the deaths related to Black pregnancies, ...

Data: The Commonwealth Fund; Note: 13 states use combined 2022–23 numbers due to insufficient data; Chart: Erin Davis and Kavya Beheraj/Axios Visuals Some U.S. states have maternal mortality rates ...

The Commonwealth Fund’s updated July 2025 brief on maternal mortality highlights how systemic disparities, Medicaid coverage gaps, and behavioral health challenges continue to drive poor maternal and ...

Statement: Black women in the U.S. are “three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women." As the Biden administration’s most visible advocate in the fight for ...

While 12-month sums of maternal deaths dipped after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization struck down Roe v. Wade in June 2022, this decline was actually attributable to increased levels of ...

There are several reasons for Texas’s high maternal mortality rate. Texas has a large rural population: 47% of counties lack any maternity care services, and over 25% of rural mothers live more than ...